Following Mohamed Salah‘s pointed feedback on his contract state of affairs at Liverpool, Arne Slot refused to be drawn on “a whole lot of ‘ifs’” concerning his future.
Salah is one in all three key gamers into the ultimate 12 months of his contract at Anfield, and after Sunday’s 3-0 win over Man United revealed he’s but to be approached over an extension.
That has rightly pissed off supporters given his degree of efficiency, even when he’s the fallacious aspect of 30, with it seen as negligent by the membership’s board.
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Talking in his post-match press convention at Previous Trafford, Slot responded to questions on Salah’s feedback and unsurprisingly stepped again.
“It’s a whole lot of ‘if’, however at this second he’s one in all ours and I’m actually, actually pleased with him being one in all ours. He performs rather well,” he informed reporters.
“I don’t speak about contracts from gamers, however I can discuss for hours about how Mo performed as we speak. However are you curious about that?
“He was spectacular, like the primary two video games as effectively, but when we speak about a person, you don’t do justice to all the opposite ones.
“I feel as we speak you noticed an actual good crew efficiency, enjoying out from the again, excessive press, midfield that saved on operating.
“So after all, all the eye goes to Mo and to Lucho, however that doesn’t do justice to the opposite 9 and those that got here in.”
With Liverpool having made the excellence of Slot taking up as a head coach, somewhat than a supervisor, the Dutchman is effectively inside his rights to keep away from questions on recruitment and retention.
These ought to be addressed by the membership’s sporting director, Richard Hughes, whose sole public interplay was in Slot’s unveiling press convention again in July.
Little question Slot can be keen to maintain Salah past 2025 – in addition to Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold – however the onus is on Liverpool’s hierarchy to resolve these offers.
